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Tout in haut de ch’terril lyrics with English translation

Language

French

Level

Intermediate

Released

1993

Genre

Pop

Length

4:49

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1. Dins chés corons queu r'mue-ménache

   In the pits that shake up the ground

2. Chés mineurs vienn't' d'avoir leu congés

   The miners just got their leave

3. Prenn't' leu valisses et partent voyager

   They take their bags and set off to roam

4. A la campagne ou vir leu parinté

   To the countryside where they visit their kin

5. Mi comme el'z'autes j'prinds mes bagaches

   Like the others, I grab my baggage

6. Ej' m'in vas mais j'quitte pont min pat'lin

   I'm heading out but leaving my hometown behind

7. J'vos du pays v'là l'manière que j'm'y prinds

   I tell you, here's how I get by

8. Sans débourser un sou d'train

   Without spending a dime on trains

9. Ej' passe mes vacances tout in haut de ch'terril

   I spend my vacation high up on that hill

10. J'a toudis d'la chance ch'terrain i'est jamais pris

    I've always been lucky, that land is never taken

11. J'monte eum'toile ed'tente, j'vis tout seul, ej' m'arrinche

    I climb up to the starry sky, I live all alone, and I settle down

12. Ej'siffle, ej'ris, ej'cante, ej'sus heureux d'faire du campinche

    I whistle, I laugh, I sing, I’m happy to be camping

13. Je m'fais la popotte, j'vis bien miux qu'à l'hôtel

    I cook for myself, I live better than in a hotel

14. J'mets comme les cocottes du rouche à mes ortels

    I put on the red flannel like the little chicks for my garden

15. Du haut dé m'couplette jé m'cros à Chambéry

    From the top of my little peak, I see myself in Chambéry

16. Mais Jé n'suis qu'au faîte tout in haut de ch'terril

    But I'm only at the very top of this hill

17. Comme point d'vue faut vir ch'que j'degotte

    From this viewpoint, I can see all that I gather

18. Les bos, les prairies des environs

    The woods, the meadows around

19. Chés villaches, chés villes, nou corons

    Those little towns, those cities in our area

20. Et je m'rinche l'œul cha n'me coûte pas un rond

    And I close my eyes, it doesn’t cost me a dime

21. Sus min fu d'bos j'fais tout m'gargotte

    Under the min farm, I do all my eating

22. Viandox, peumes tierre frites, morcieau d'lard

    Beef extract, fried potatoes, a piece of bacon

23. Et j'a monté trint'chinq lites ed'pinard

    And I’ve climbed thirty-five layers of spinach

24. Pour mi chucher in père peinard

    To quietly chat with my father

25. Ej' passe mes vacances tout in haut de ch'terril

    I spend my holidays up high on the hill

26. J'a toudis d'la chance d'vir ch'que j'vos ch'est à mi

    I always have the chance to see what you are to me

27. Quand arrife eul'soir, ej'vos v'nir d'z'amoureux

    When evening arrives, I come to you, my love

28. I z'attindent qu'i fèche noir, mais mi je n'les quitte pos des yeux

    They wait for the sky to darken, but I never take my eyes off them

29. I vont s'inlaçant, s'dijant des balivernes

    They intertwine, speaking nonsense to each other

30. Tout in s'imbrassant dins chés blés, dins ch'luzerne

    All embracing among the wheat, in the lucerne

31. I's font des papoules in s'app'lant "mon chéri"

    They're making a fuss calling me 'my darling'

32. Et mi j'vos tout cha d'tout in haut de ch'terril

    And I tell you all about it on top of that hill

33. Mais avant hier j'n'a pont eu d'chance

    But the day before yesterday, I didn't have any luck

34. D'un seul cop vlà qu'i s'met à pluvoir

    Out of the blue, here comes the rain

35. J'rinte à l'abri d'zous min perchoir

    I ran for shelter under my perch

36. Em'tente all pichot, ch'tot pire qu'un arrousoir

    Listen to me, little one, it's worse than a watering can

37. Alors j'a poussé la romance

    So I pushed the romance

38. J'a sorti pour m'éviter l'cafard

    I brought it out to fend off the blues

39. Et j'a fluté chinq six lites eud'pinard

    And I played a little tune for a bit of spinach

40. In berloquant comme un pochar

    Swinging around like a nutcase

41. J'a dégringolé tout in bas de ch'terril

    I tumbled all the way down that hill

42. Arrivé au pied jé m'sus rèl'vé tout meurtri

    Arriving at the bottom, I stood up all battered and bruised

43. J'sais pus quo qu'j'a fait, j'avos tell'mint eun'cuite

    I don't even know what I did, I was so out of it

44. A l'pache de m'barette j'avos sus m'tiête euch'codron à frites

    At the edge of my beer, I had that fryer grease on my mind

45. A forche ed'bourler m'panche sus des caillaux

    With a fork of destiny, I leaned against the stones

46. Y a eun'certain'plache i m'in manquot un morcieau

    There's a certain place where I'm missing a piece

47. J'y a mis un bout d'loque j'sus pos prêt d'ête gueri

    I put a rag there, I'm ready to be healed

48. Et j'sus armonté tout in haut de ch'terril

    And I've climbed all the way to the top of that hill

49. Alors' pindant trente ans l'mineur-campeur il n'quitte pis sin cher terril,

    So for thirty years, the miner camper never leaves his dear hill,

50. Minme pinsionné il y va comme au passé. Seul'mint aujoud'hui i'est

    Even retired, he goes there like it’s the past. Only today, he's still

51. Malate, el'fosse all'l'a usé. I'est dins sin lit et les larmes aux yux in ravisant

    Malate, the pit has worn it out. I'm in my bed with tears in my eyes, dreaming.

52. A travers ech'carreau, i dit tout bas

    Through the window, he whispers softly.

53. Comme cha va vite comme eul'temps passe

    How quickly it goes, how the time flies.

54. Au terril j'a campé bin d'z'années

    In the dump, I've camped for many years.

55. A ch't'heure i faut l'abandonner

    At this hour, I must let it go.

56. Jé n'sus pus qu'un viux mineur pinsionné

    I'm just an old retired miner now.

57. Et j'n'a pus qu'des oches dins m'carcasse

    And I have only shadows left in my body.

58. J'sus vieilli mes gampes sont ramolies

    I've aged, my limbs have gone soft.

59. Et de l'fermiète in étant dins min lit

    And from the little farm, I'm lying in my bed.

60. In l'ravisant j'dis ch'est fini

    In my dream, I say it's over.

61. J'mon'tra plus jamais tout in haut de ch'terril

    I'll never show everything at the top of this hill again

62. Fini désormais l'méd'cin j'l'ai ben compris

    The medicine's done, I've understood it well

63. Par quarante ans d'fond mes poumons i'ont quite cosse

    For forty years deep, my lungs have been quite empty

64. L'poussière eud'carbon in appelle cha la silicosse

    The dust of carbon is what they call silicosis

65. Ch'est bétot min tour ed'partir comme tant d'viux

    It's a bit like my turn to leave, like so many old folks

66. D'faire un long séjour là auprès du Bon Dieu

    To take a long stay up there with the Good Lord

67. J'espère qu'i m'laich'ra quand j's'rai au Paradis

    I hope He'll let me in when I'm in Paradise

68. Cor' v'nir in vavances tout in haut d'min terril

    Come visit me on vacation at the top of my hill

69. J'espère qu'i m'laich'ra quand j's'rai au Paradis

    I hope He'll let me in when I'm in Paradise

70. Cor' v'nir in vavances tout in haut d'min terril

    Come visit me on vacation at the top of my hill

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